EU pauses legal action against UK over Northern…

EU halts legal action against the UK over Northern Ireland Brexit deal after Lord Frost demanded standstill to negotiate significant changes Lord Frost has called for ‘standstill’ period, preserving the current grace periods  EU then paused legal action pause to consider proposals put forward by the UK By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: … Read more

Several ‘injured’ after fairground ride collapses in Northern Ireland

Several ‘injured’ after fairground ride collapses in Northern Ireland Emergency services are said to have attended Carrickfergus Harbour in Belfast Harbour in Northern Ireland is hosting Planet Fun until middle of next month Multiple injuries but none are thought to be serious, according to local reports  Planet Fun said that it will be ‘closed tonight … Read more

Plan to ban prosecutions on Troubles is rejected by all five main Northern Ireland parties 

Plan to ban prosecutions on Troubles is rejected by all five main Northern Ireland parties By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:06 BST, 17 July 2021 | Updated: 01:19 BST, 17 July 2021 Proposals to ban Troubles prosecutions were yesterday rejected by all five of Northern Ireland’s main parties. Leaders from across the province’s political divide condemned … Read more

EU ‘will agree to three month extension’ on Northern Ireland Brexit protocol

The EU looks set to cool the bitter Brexit standoff over sausage exports from Britain to Northern Ireland by agreeing a three month extension to the grace period. In a potential breakthrough in the row, Brussels has signalled it is open to the UK’s request to keep transition arrangements on chilled meat sales until the … Read more

Poll: British identity ‘is on the wane’ in Northern Ireland

British identity ‘is on the wane’ in Northern Ireland as just 17 per cent of 18-24 year-olds say that is how they view themselves as Boris Johnson marks the country’s ‘very significant’ centenary Poll suggests British identity is waning among young people in Northern Ireland Older people more likely than younger people to consider themselves … Read more

Frefighters battle huge blaze spreading through gorse in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains

More than 60 firefighters battle huge blaze spreading through gorse in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains The gorse fire in the Slieve Donard area has been going since Friday morning  Pictures overnight showed the blaze on pitch-black mountains over Newcastle Officials told people to avoid Glen River and Bloody Bridge River access points Firefighters were withdrawn late … Read more

Majority in Northern Ireland predict split from UK within 25 years

Majority of the public in Northern Ireland believe it will have split from the UK within 25 years, poll finds Poll shows 51 per cent think Northern Ireland will split from UK in next 25 years Some 37 per cent believe it will be part of the UK while 12 per cent don’t know If … Read more

Sister of killed Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee pleads with rioters to end violence

Lyra McKee was shot dead by the New IRA at a riot in the Creggan area of Londonderry in April 2019, called on the mobs to withdraw The sister of killed Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee called on rioters last night to end the violence in west Belfast before someone dies. Nichola McKee Corner spoke after water … Read more

EU has fanned flames of division in Northern Ireland, says historian RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS

I love Northern Ireland and most of its people, and find it heartbreaking to see the province in the news today not in commemoration of its centenary year but once again because of vicious communal violence. The law-abiding majority feel betrayed, and a new generation of young people is being encouraged by criminals to run … Read more

Crisis talks in Northern Ireland after eight police officers were injured on sixth night of rioting

Northern Ireland is set for crisis talks after a sixth night of rioting in Belfast saw Catholics and Protestants pelt each other with petrol bombs over a ‘Peace Wall’. Secretary of State Brandon Lewis is flying in to speak to First Minister Arlene Foster, deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken and Alliance party … Read more